Jazmin Lopez Found

The Effingham Police Department has located 15-year-old Jazmin Lopez, the girl who had been staying with a cousin in Effingham but had then left.

City Detective Todd Ebbert said Jazmin left the home of a cousin with whom she was staying in Effingham. She made contact with her mother and indicated she was on her way to her mother's residence in Texas, but she failed to arrive.  She contacted her mother again on Tuesday and indicated she was with a friend, but would not say where she was.

City police located Jazmin on Thursday.  She was released into the custody of her guardians.